Florida man wanted for stealing funeral home stretchers

A Florida man is wanted in several Georgia jurisdictions after being accused of stealing mortuary stretchers from two different funeral homes in Acworth and Dallas. 

The suspect, identified as 56-year-old Michael Christopher Johnson of Valrico, Florida, has arrest warrants in Acworth for one felony count of entering a vehicle and misdemeanour counts of theft and criminal damage to property, according to the Acworth Police Department.

The theft occurred on 8 May, when officers were called to Georgia Funeral Care at 4761 South Main Street after the stretcher was reported stolen. Investigators discovered that a funeral home vehicle had been damaged during the theft. Mortuary and medical stretchers can cost over $1,000.

Dallas police released a photo of Johnson and his vehicle, a silver Chrysler Town & Country minivan with Florida tags PM759X. Authorities did not disclose when he was last seen, and Johnson remains at large.